This Thursday, Fringe picks up again and it looks like the show’s writers have frontloaded this season with a lot of plot-changing developments. According to some early reports, one character might die, another (probably Dunham) ends up in the hospital, and there are even reports of a small-screen kiss. For many of us, we’ve been watching Dunham and Bishop grow closer over time… so maybe something finally happens on that front?

Join us on Thursday at 9pm EST for our live-blogging of the science behind Fringe. We may be watching alternative universes on this season’s premiere, but in this universe, we’ll be waiting for you to join us at the time above.

On a much sadder note, one of the most important men of the 20th Century, Dr. Norman Borlaug, died over the weekend. We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to the family of the man who fed over a billion people. Dr. Borlaug was a pioneer in the field of biotechnology, and developed wheat and rice strains with much-improved yields that are still in use today. If you would like to leave your own condolences, we encourage you to join the biotech community in saying good-bye here.